groan under

groan under something

1. Lit. to groan while bearing a heavy burden. He groaned under the weight of the trunk. The rafters groaned under the heavy weight of the pianos.

2. Fig. to suffer under a burden. For years, the people had groaned under the cruel ruler. England groaned under the rule of Cromwell just as he had groaned under King Charles.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ilona	EE-lo-naw (Hungarian), ee-LO-nah (German), EE-lo-nah (Finnish)	Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Manfredo	-	Italian
Raimondas	-	Lithuanian
Pearl	[pə:l]
Jaylene	JAY-leen	English (Modern)
Fredrika	fred-REE-kah (Swedish), FRED-ree-kah (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish